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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8378

15 January 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention/social
United Kingdom against qualified majority voting is social matters and, with Spain and Estonia, calls for Constitution recognising diversity of welfare systems

Brussels, 14/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - At a meeting on Friday of the European Convention working group on social Europe (chaired by Giorgios Katiforis and which is to submit its report to plenary on 6/7 February), Peter Hain, representative of the British Government, spoke out in favour, in "comments" on the group's brief, in favour of the application of the open method of co-ordination to employment policy, and against decisions being taken by a qualified majority for social matters. Mr....

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